Category: Oil

Photo by Adam Johansson. Continuing to shrink our oil consumption is one way to challenge the oil uber alles mentality of the Trump administration. By Mark Trahant / 12.26.2016 It’s easy for me to dismiss 2016 as a horrible year. There have been eight years of relative progress on issues I care about, from the[…]

President-elect Donald Trump has officially selected former Gov. Rick Perry, a former rival turned loyalist, to lead the Department of Energy. By Patrick Svitek / 12.14.2016 President-elect Donald Trump has officially selected former Gov. Rick Perry, a rival turned loyalist, to lead the U.S. Department of Energy. Trump formalized the appointment in a statement early[…]

By Matthew A. McIntosh / 12.04.2016 Brewminate Editor-in-Chief The Army Corps of Engineers, on orders from President Obama, has issued directives that Dakota Access Pipeline construction be halted based on its current easement projection. DAPL will not be allowed to run the pipeline through the Missouri River as planned. As protesters celebrate the victory, law[…]

The Oceti Sakowin camp is seen in a snow storm during a protest against plans to pass the Dakota Access pipeline near the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, November 29, 2016. / Credit: Stephanie Keith/Reuters By T.J. Raphael / 12.01.2016 Snowfall has made its way to North Dakota, adding an element[…]

There will continue to be resistance, people putting their actual bodies on the line, because this is such a larger issue,” said Tara Houska, national campaigns director for Honor the Earth. “We’re fighting for future generations.” (Photo via Sacred Stone Camp) “If DAPL can claim eminent domain on landowners and Native peoples on their own[…]